Biscuits drop team record 7th straight

Montgomery second baseman Cody Cipriano made his first fielding error as a Biscuit in the first inning Monday.

The Biscuits, far removed from the playoff picture, set a team record Monday with their seventh straight loss, 8-3 against the Huntsville Stars.

Mike Jones threw a season-high six innings and the Stars blasted three home runs to take the series opener at Riverwalk Stadium.

The last-place Biscuits -- or should that be Bis-skids? -- dropped nine games off the Southern League's second-half South Division pace and lurched further into the cellar.

Their descent has been a daily progression.

Montgomery was two games off the pace after it beat West Tenn on July 18. The Biscuits have yet to win again and, with first-place Jacksonville on a seven-game winning streak, have dropped ground in the standings every day.

The Biscuits, who scored just four runs while suffering a five-game sweep at Birmingham that ended Saturday, at least led Monday. It was their first lead of the skid.

Matt Fields singled home Chris Nowak in the second inning to make it 1-0.

Huntsville claimed the lead with a two-out rally in the fourth and added runs in the sixth and seventh, each inning highlighted with a home run. The Stars added two in the ninth.

Biscuits starter Brian Baker took a no-hitter into the fourth, but issued a two-out walk to ignite the Stars. Jonathon Lucroy scored from first on Taylor Green's double and Huntsville jumped ahead on Lorenzo Cain's two-run home run.

In the sixth, with Baker (5-3) settling into the dugout, reliever Eduardo Morlan served up a home run to the first batter he faced. Green hit a 2-2 pitch past the flagpole in right.

Again in the seventh, the Stars homered off the Montgomery bullpen. Shane Justis meted out his fifth homer on a full-count pitch from Matt Gorgen. The two-run shot made it 6-3.